Parliament adopted its final recommendations for a comprehensive and coordinated EU strategy to fight cancer. The report by Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) was adopted with 652 votes in favour, 15 against and 27 abstentions on Wednesday 16 February 2022. Focus on cancer prevention As more than 40% of all cancers are preventable […]
Digital Green Certificate: technical specifications, including QR code, agreed by Member States
One month after the Commission’s proposal for a Digital Green Certificate, Member States representatives in the eHealth Network agreed on guidelines describing the main technical specifications for the implementation of the system. This is a crucial step for the establishment of the necessary infrastructure at EU level. In parallel Member States are encouraged to deploy […]
Eurostat: One in two EU citizens look for health information online
Over the last decade, the share of individuals seeking health information online has risen in the vast majority of the EU Member States. In the last three months prior to the 2020 survey on the use of ICT in households and by individuals, one in two EU citizens (55%) aged 16-74 reported that they had […]
Health Technology Assessment: “Once adopted, will be a major step forward” says Portuguese Minister of Health
Member states agreed today on a mandate to start negotiations with the European Parliament on a legislative proposal concerning joint work on health technology assessment for the benefit of patients. The proposed legislation foresees, for instance, the establishment of a Coordination Group comprising national health authorities. This group will work on joint clinical assessments and […]
“EU4Health will make a significant contribution to the gradual return to a new reality”, says ECR Group
EU4Health will make a significant contribution to the process of gradual return to the “new reality” after the pandemic The ECR Group in the European Parliament believes that the new stand-alone EU4Health Programme for 2021-2027 will make a sizeable contribution to the process of a post-pandemic “new reality”. ECR Group Shadow Rapporteur Joanna Kopcińska believes […]
Precision Toxicology consortium aims to protect human health from effects of harmful chemicals
A major research project to shape regulation and policy on chemical safety without the use of animal testing has been launched with the aid of €19.3M funding from the European Commission under H2020 program. Led by the University of Birmingham and involving 15 European and US organisations, PrecisionTox aims to protect human health from the […]
Health Intelligence, Europe’s Superbug Fight
The European Commission has launched its new anti-microbial resistance Action Plan. Anti-microbial resistance is responsible for an estimated 25,000 deaths per year in the European Union and a financial loss of around 1.5 billion euros, relating to healthcare costs and productivity losses. Launching the new Action Plan, Vytenis Andriukaitis, the Commissioner for Health and Food […]
“Maternal health for refugee women needed” says Malta’s President
Parliamentarians from across Europe and other relevant stakeholders gathered in Malta in a high-level meeting on maternal health and refugee women organised by the Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL) and the President of Malta, H.E. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca. One in 10 women in the EU have no access to maternal health services in the […]
Una Nuova Resistenza Contro la Sfida Globale dei Superbatteri
L’Italia porta ancora alcuni nuovi contributi nel dibattito e nelle azioni di lotta e contrasto alle multi resistenze. Perchè? Questa è stata la domanda discussa la scorsa settimana, a Roma, al quartier generale del Senato Italiano nel corso di uno speciale convegno su: “Una nuova resistenza contro la sfida globale dei superbatteri “. L’evento è stato […]
Il costo della resistenza Antimicrobica – 10 Milioni di Morti, $100 Miliardi Persi
La resistenza antimicrobica ucciderà 10 milioni di persone ogni anno, con una perdita del PIL mondiale totale di 100 miliardi di dollari entro il 2050. Questo è ciò che l’economista britannico, Lord O’Neill, ha detto ai delegati ad una conferenza sulla salute ospitata questa settimana dalla rivista Wired. E ‘già in moto un disastro esponenziale, […]